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Bringing Characters to Life
Emily Peyton is one of the first female attorneys in 1880s Kansas. After her father is injured in an accident, Emily takes on managing the practice in the face of prejudice and hostility. Many feel the law is no place for a woman....
Bringing Characters to Life
Sometimes the journey is only the beginning. Michael Archer might not have been able to save Ben Carstairs, but he vowed to carry out Ben’s dying wish: to be reconciled with his father...
Bringing Characters to Life
In the 1870s American West, Michael Archer, wracked by guilt over having killed once again, embarks on a mission to clear the name of a man wrongly executed for murder...
Bringing Characters to Life

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Write a Novel in a Month?

This is the month when many writers go crazier than usual. November 1st marked the official beginning of National Write a Novel in a Month (NaNoWriMo). A month where writers strive to meet a target of writing 50,000 words in one month. That’s an average of 1,667 words per day. …

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Receiving Correction

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Love and the Author

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Recharging

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Meet Author Jayme Mansfield

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What’s Next?

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